Literature Literature Your first time in the north PAUL FARMER recommends the perplexing realism of a working-class writer whose books are about far more than they appear to be
Album reviews Monday 22nd Apr 2024 Album reviews Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: April 22, 2024 New releases from Shabaka, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and David Ian Roberts
Cinema Friday 19th Apr 2024 Cinema Film round-up: April 18, 2024 Vegan sermons, undercut snobs, fake messiahs and mash-up horror. The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Could Never Go Vegan, Jeanne Du Barry, The Book of Clarence, and Abigail
Film of the week Thursday 18th Apr 2024 Film of the week First we heat, then we think The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a haunting coming-of-age tale that gives a glimpse of contemporary Mongolian society
Music Review Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 Music Review Still Cooking PETER MASON wallows in the aura on an ex-Pistol
BenchMarx Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 BenchMarx The lasting impact of leftwing journalism RON JACOBS reflects on on how reading The Village Voice helped him become the person he is today
Books Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 Books Greetings! I was here MARTIN HALL relishes a history that advocates a dialectical understanding of culture as both representative and transactional
Books Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 Books The prisoners of gender CAL MCBRIDE recommends an accessible and erudite study that aims to link the struggle for gender rights with the wider critique of neoliberal capitalism
Books Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 Books The Islamic renaissance man STEVE ANDREW is fascinated by the life of a 16th century Islamic polymath that demonstrates an internationalism that may come as a shock to western observers
Books Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 Books Who can impose peace? GORDON PARSONS examines a historical account of the legal attempts to contain warfare that continue to fail to prevent slaughter
Books Wednesday 17th Apr 2024 Books In celebration of Lenin PAUL BUHLE adds historical context to an eclectic and colourful celebration of Lenin